Manuel Moreno C

What blew my mind away was the portrayal of Misia. Saoirse-Monica Jackson made an incredible acting work, conveying a range of emotions from fear, love, guilt, hope, confussion, joy. All in just few gestures and with incredible fluidity. Hers was not a character’s arc, but rather a rebel and chaotic and twisted line that went from cute to annoying to unsettling, back and forth. I am not an expert on dramatic arts, but out of all of the great performances on this show, hers stands out. She should get an Oscar , a Grammy, a Nobel, a whatever for this amazing top performance

I can understand the story from the books is quite complex, but what Netflix did with it is the decaf, delac, keto, light, chillout Starbucks jazz- cover, radio friendly non offensive, no need to think, version of it Basically the show runners think think Their audience is a lazy American centric mass that can be satisfied with blood and dramatic scenes with dramatic music and colors with not much context I think someone unfamiliar with the base story wouldn’t understand half of the plot presented on the series. The acting was infantile. Agustina was unnecessary, silly and downright depressing. The rest of the casting was just wrong Last, clearly the author doesn’t care much about this story. We saw that in the last quarter of the last book, where he just gave up writing and came up with the most mediocre ending possible. Here it shows he took his money and greenlighted the show runners to do whatever the heck they wanted Bad

In the first or second chapter, the husband finds a shady website that sells props for fake pregnancies. On that site, a “client” says she had a surrogate pregnancy and didn’t want anyone to know, yet, here she is, openly admitting to have bought stuff from that site, as though as she wants everyone to know… From here on is total train wreck. I watched till the end because of the lovely accents, the left hand drives and the sexy as damn stranger

At first I thought it would be another of those chick flicks my girlfriend uses to torture me with. The idea of a musical also seemed unbearable, but... It doesn't take that long to realize 1. The very good quality of the songs, and the very good parodies of many many many genres and music cliches. 2. The blunt, direct and fresh approach to mental issues, toxic relationships and self image. It is great to hear things said the way they are and not the appropriate way I specially loved the Santa Ana's winds episode, for the intensity, the acting, the clever narrative device and the inexplicably catchy tune... when I blow it sounds like weeeee hahhaha First 2 seasons are hilarious. 3rd is half ok half below average and the 4th, specially the last 3 chapters are cringing unwatchable. Clearly the creativity gas tank was already empty

Lo bueno: la animación, los colores y los detalles milimétricos y sutiles de colombianidad. El ajiaco, los ajos y las materas colgando, las escaleras de monserrate (fui el único que las vio?), las ruanas, la fisionomía de los personajes (Luisa es claramente santandereana, Isa es Caleña, Antonio es samario o de Buenaventura, etc). Esos detalles son muy impactantes. La escena de la familia desplazada en caño Cristales, muy dolorosa. Lo malo: ay que cantadera más mamona! En serio hay alguien que disfrute que en medio de una película todos se pongan a cantar? Que fastidio en serio. Malo: la historia floja y poco memorable Malo: varios personajes de relleno. Habrían podido aportar más a la historia pero no, puro relleno Malo: y cual es el mensaje? Ni idea, no me quedó claro. La trama parece improvisada y apresurada, el arco narrativo no va a ninguna parte, la historia no pega, no atrapa. En resumen, es un montón de bonitas y coloridas referencias a Colombia, sin orden ni dirección, en medio de una historia sin pies ni cabeza y con un montón de canciones largas y jartisimas